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Professional Standard Viewer Professional(TS)

The "Text" group in the [Home] menu has the following functions.

Select mode

When ‘Select mode’ is chosen, you can select text or images on the PDF by dragging the mouse (or an equivalent operation).When text or images are selected, you can operate functions such as copy, save, and depending on the product edition, text decoration, etc., through the right-click menu and so on.

The select mode can be deactivated with ‘Turn mode off’.

Select all This function selects all the text on the PDF.
Deselect all This function deselects the selected state of text or images on the PDF. 

When you use the [Select mode] to select text, you can execute the following functions from the right-click menu:

Create Link

Professional Professional(TS)

How to create a new link:

  1. Select [Select mode] from the [Home] menu.
  2. Select the range of text on the PDF.
  3. Right-click and select [Create Link].
  4. Set the link appearance and link action.
    Link Appearance
    Link Type

    Select either [Visible Rectangle] or [Invisible Rectangle].

    [Visible Rectangle]: Displays a line around the text that becomes a link.

    [Invisible Rectangle]: Does not display a line.

    Line Thickness The line width when [Visible Rectangle] is selected.
    Line Style The line style when [Visible Rectangle] is selected.
    Color The line color when [Visible Rectangle] is selected.
    Link Action
    Move to the specified page

    When [Move to the specified page] is specified as an action, you can create a link to a specified page within the same PDF file.

    • Page: Specify the page number to jump to.
    • Zoom: Specify the display magnification after page movement.
    • Use Named Destination: Can only be specified when the checkbox is on and named destinations are displayed in the dropdown list.
    Jump to designation URL

    When [Jump to designation URL] is specified as an action, you can create a link that opens the specified URL in a web browser or the like. 

    • URL: Specigy the URL to jump to.
    Go to a page in another document

    When [Go to a page in another document] is specified as an action, you can create a link that opens another PDF file.

    • Filename: Specify the PDF to be linked to.
    • Open in: Specify the window settings when opening the link.
      • [Windows set by user preference] refers to the [Open cross-document links in same window] in the [Page Display] tab in Preferences.
    • Page: Specify the page number to jump to.
    • Use Named Destination: Can only be specified when the checkbox is on and named destinations are displayed in the dropdown list.
    Open a file

    When [Open a file] is selected as an action, you can create a link that opens another file, not limited to PDF. (*.js, *.vbs, *.exe, *.bat, *.cmd are excluded)

    • Filename: Specify the file to be linked to.
    • Open in: Specify the window settings when opening the link.
      • [Windows set by user preference] refers to the [Open cross-document links in same window] in the [Page Display] tab in Preferences.
  5. Click [OK].

How to edit or delete an existing link:

You can edit by selecting [Link Properties] from the right-click menu of the link.

You can delete the right-clicked link by selecting [Remove Link].